Notification No. 43/2015-Central Excise- Dated-6th November, 2015 Seeks to further amend notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated 17.03.2012 so as prescribe the Basic Excise Duty (BED), with effect from 07.11.2015, on the following products at the rates indicated below: (i) Unbranded petrol from Rs.5.46 per litre to Rs. 7.06 per litre; (ii) Branded petrol from Rs. 6.64 per litre to Rs. 8.24 per litre; (iii) Unbranded diesel from Rs.4.26 per litre to Rs. 4.66 per litre; and (iv) Branded diesel from Rs.6.62 per litre to Rs. 7.02 per litre.

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 43/2015-Central Excise

New Delhi, Dated-6th November, 2015

G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) videG.S.R. 163(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely: –

In the said notification, in the Table,-

(i) in serial number 70,-

(a) against item (i) of column (3), for the entry in column (4), the entry Rs.7.06 per litre shall be substituted;

(b) against item (ii) of column (3), for the entry in column (4), the entry Rs.8.24 per litre shall be substituted;

(ii) in serial number 71,-

(a) against item (i) of column (3), for the entry in column (4), the entry Rs.4.66 per litre shall be substituted;

(b) against item (ii) of column (3), for the entry in column (4), the entry Rs.7.02 per litre shall be substituted.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 7th day of November, 2015.